Phrasal Verbs: English: Health related verbs

Health Phrasal Verbs 

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💊Pass away

Meaning: Die

Example: His mother passed away last year.

💊Run over

Meaning: Hit by a vehicle

Example: Two children were run over and killed.

💊Break out

Meaning: Develop skin sores or irritation

Example: The measles caused me to break out in a rash.

💊Fight off

Meaning: Resist an illness

Example: I’m trying to fight off a cold.

💊Come to

Meaning: Become conscious

Example: When he came to, he was lying on the floor with his hands tied behind his back.

💊Pass out

Meaning: Faint, lose consciousness

Example: People everywhere were passing out from the heat.

💊Get over

Meaning: Recover from something

Example: It’s taken me ages to get over the flu.

💊Come down with

Meaning: Become sick (not seriously)

Example: I think I’m coming down with the flu.

💊Throw up

Meaning: Be sick, vomit

Example: The baby’s thrown up her dinner.

💊Come round

Meaning: Become conscious

Example: Your mother hasn’t yet come round from the anesthetic.

💊Work out

Meaning: Train the body by physical exercise

Example: I work out regularly to keep fit.

💊Warm up

Meaning: Begin a physical activity gradually

Example: It’s necessary to warm up before exercise to prevent injuries.

💊Block up

Meaning: Stop something from moving through something else

Example: My nose is blocked up.

💊Lay (Laid) up

Meaning: Unable to work, etc. because of an illness or injury

Example: She’s laid up with a broken leg.

💊Swell up

Meaning: Become large, inflated, or bulging

Example: The boy’s arm swelled up where the bee had stung him.

💊Clog up

Meaning: Become or cause to become obstructed

Example: High fat foods can clog up our arteries.

💊Dose up (UK)

Meaning: Give medicine to

Example: You should dose up with vitamin C to fight colds off.

💊Lay low

Meaning: Render someone unable to move or leave their bed

Example: The flu usually lays people low for five to ten days.

💊Let up

Meaning: Become less strong or stop

Example: A cold continues at its peak for several days, then it gradually let up.

💊Shake off

Meaning: Shake something in order to get something off of it

Example: She has failed to shake off her stomach injury.